Commandments Quotes

320 quotes by 215 authors

I know that every difficulty we face in life, even those that come from our own negligence or even transgression, can be turned by the… — Richard G. Scott
We have been taught to keep the commandments, and we have kept them all too well. We have enshrined them like religious relics in sealed… — Eric Butterworth
Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that… — Karl Lehmann
Every Christian is chosen-chosen for similar deeds, namely: to be with the Lord, through unceasing remembrance of Him and awareness of His omnipresence, through the… — Theophan the Recluse
From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness,-a system in which the two great commandments were… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Zen is not morality, it is aesthetics. It does not impose a code of morality. it does not give you any commandments: do this, don't… — Rajneesh
America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments. — Anatole France
The Ten Commandments don't tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head. — Elizabeth Bibesco
Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe — Soren Kierkegaard
There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class. — Mordecai Richler
When men see how relevant the ten commandments are for economics, they should gain new respect for the importance of the laws of God for… — Gary North
So long as we stand "under the Law", we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is part of legalism that the… — Emil Brunner
The thing that all of us should strive for is to so live, keeping the commandments of the Lord, that He can answer our prayers.… — Harold B. Lee
The most important of all the commandments of God is that one that you are having the most difficulty keeping today. — Harold B. Lee
Some of you may ask, ?Is there a single ordinance to be dispensed with? Is there one of the commandments that God has enjoined upon… — Brigham Young
The love of God is not taught. No one has taught us to enjoy the light or to be attached to life more than anything… — Saint Basil
It isn't the Lord who withholds himself from us. It is we who withhold ourselves from him because of our failure to keep his commandments. — Harold B. Lee
... if, to me, to live is Christ (Phil. 1:21), truly my words ought to be about Christ, my every thought and deed ought to… — Saint Basil
In tantra we don't believe in commandments. We believe in the moment and the truth that is applicable for that moment, as best we can… — Frederick Lenz
One can believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and feel no personal loyalty to Him at all - indeed, pay no attention whatever to… — Catherine Marshall

Who Wrote These Commandments Quotes

215 authors contributed a total of 320 Commandments Quotes, led by these top contributors: